Great news! Delon is the best guard at Utah since Andre Miller. He needs to
work on building up his body strength and improve outside shooting from 15 feet
to the 3 point line. Another year at Utah will help him accomplish this before
he enters the NBA.

The top 3 NBA prospects are not all on the U's basketball
team. Thanks for the laugh though. I do agree that Delon Wright is an NBA
prospect but that's where it ends with the U's team. Top NBA prospects
in the state in no particular order: Delon Wright, Kyle Collinsworth, Tyler
Haws, Eric Mika, and Jordan Loveridge.

Because when you are a first team all PAC 12 selection,
as a Junior, with the numbers Wright put up; he's a solid and legitimate
NBA prospect who could be drafted late or signed as a free agent. Quite often
agents, friends and fans start telling a player how great he is, and how much
money he could make in the NBA. The player's Ego inflates and he makes the
jump. Or the player has academic issues, so returning is not an option. Wright
has made a great decision here. IMO His stock will rise, and his draft status
will solidify with another year at Utah.

Great news! As good as Wright is, he still has things to work on to improve his
overall game before he enters the NBA draft, especially his confidence in his
outside shooting. He also needs to assert himself a little more down the
stretch. Again, I think it's a confidence issue.

Spokane Ute,
your post was excellent. Very well stated and very accurate as to the
challenges talented young underclassmen face when they begin to emerge as
bonafide pro prospects.

Outside of Delon Wright the only one on your list
that has much of a chance will be Eric Mika. I know there'll be people who
think Tyler Haws will be in the NBA, and he probably has an outside chance, but
I'd bet money he won't make it or won't stick anywhere for long.
He'll make some great money overseas though.

Great for Wright. Although I think he would be great in the NBA this year, a
year to improve wouldn't hurt. He will be one of the top PG prospects
next.As for Haws, he will go undrafted, a career similar to Davies so far.
Mika should be drafted late, and Collinsworth will be in the D-League or
overseas. Loveridge will go undrafted, but should have a good career.Great
to see both BYU and Utah making progress. Both should make great strides in the
next few years.

It is a long time between now and the start of the next season. Wright may
change his mind when the NBA draft gets closer. Loveridge is NOT an NBA
prospect. He was absent for most of the season and had terrible numbers. The
NBA likes talent. BYU may have a few NBA prospects next year but not really
this year. Although Collingsworth had great numbers he is a little soft on
defense. It does not really matter if Wright stays or goes Utah will still
be a middle of the road conference team and will still end up about .500 in the
pac and about .500 on the season unless of course they pull the same worthless
trick of scheduling Jr. high school teams in the preseason.

Cool article on ESPN the other day about predicted Giant Killers in next
year's NCAA tournament. 4 teams were listed: St. Joe's, BYU, Utah and
SMU. Interesting, though, that much of what was cited as BYU's NCAA
tournament potential is actually not likely to be in effect next year, as I
believe Mika, Emery, TJ Haws, and potentially others noted are expected to be
away next season, and Collinsworth's status of recovery will play a factor
in the season, as well.

On Utah: "If you're looking for a
team to be a spoiler in next year's NCAA tournament, look no further than
the Utah Utes... Overall, the Utes will be skilled, deep and, most importantly,
experienced. By the time March comes around, Utah should be a squad every team
in the country will need to be aware of heading into the tournament. "

Those of you who think Wright should go to the NBA this year need to look at the
competition he has. Too many guys rated higher than him. He can improve his
stock for next year with another year of experience and some improvement to his
outside shooting. Patience will pay off for Delon.

That is good news for the Utes for sure. It will make it that much harder for
BYU to exact revenge for this year's embarrassing loss. But revenge will be
exacted in the Marriott Center for sure (I am just assuming that we play each
other next year in basketball and it will be at BYU, if I am wrong go ahead and
correct me). Oh yea, it also gives Utah a slight chance of making the NCAA
tournament finally, or at least of winning a game in the NIT.

"(Utah will) still end up about .500 in the pac
and about .500 on the season"

I'm curious as to what you
base this statement on; other than an extreme bias against Utah Basketball? Do
tell. Utah finished 9-9 in confence play this year. Of the 9 loses, 6 were by 3
points or less, or in over time. Utah returns all of there players except 1,
Lenz. They return the top 7 scorers. I hate to burts your bubble, but this team
is going no where but up; as they have for 3 consecutive years.